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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Sutter, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sutter and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Sutter:
- 40.279228, -91.343225
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Sutter
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Hancock County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock County
- Since Sutter is near Adams County and also Lee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Adams County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lee County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Sutter
Communities Also Named Sutter ...
We found three communities that are also named Sutter.
There is one other community in Illinois that is also named Sutter.
Beyond Illinois, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Illinois ...
- Tazewell County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Sutter [Tazewell County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Sutter County
- This Sutter is located in Sutter County and lies 1,608 miles [2,587.8 km]<2> to the west of the Sutter that is located in Hancock County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sutter County community of Sutter.
- Missouri
- Saint Louis County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Sutter [Saint Louis County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sutter ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Benjamin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Benjamin is located in Lewis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benjamin
- Carthage
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chili
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Elderville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Elderville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elderville
- Ferris
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gregory Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Gregory Landing is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory Landing
- Laura
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Laura is located in Lewis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laura
- Middle Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Middle Creek is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Creek
- Rock Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Rock Creek is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Sugar Creek ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Creek is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
- Summitville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Summitville is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summitville
How Far From Sutter to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Sutter to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sutter and extending to:
- Carthage, which is the Seat of Hancock County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sutter to Carthage, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 95 miles [152.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 766 miles [1,232.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 44 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,396 miles [10,293.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,138 miles [11,487.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,024 miles [8,085.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Sutter, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sutter) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Sutter could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <6> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Sutter to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sutter. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2792, Longitude: -91.3432 In this case, the coordinates for Sutter have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.891 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.92 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.816 degrees. |
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